You’re Either For or Against the Military We Have

Robert Merrill is a captain in the Marine Corps. He fought in Iraq and currently serves as a legal adviser to a Marine infantry batallion in southern Afghanistan. In between, he attended and graduated from Harvard law school.

Writing in the Washington Post, Merrill defends Elena Kagan from charges that she is anti-military. He argues that Kagan’s discriminatory treatment of military recruiters at Harvard didn’t impair military recruitment. And he recalls that Kagan hosted a Veterans Day dinner for vets every year.